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This is so much better
The more I think about it, the better I feel about the FILA tournament. First and most obvious, he will be wrestling against guys his own age. Second, he doesn’t have to weigh in until Saturday afternoon. He would have … Continue reading
Back from the dead
Last Thursday afternoon, back when we were planning to have Big A wrestle in a national tournament, I left messages with two men on the USA Wrestling board. Since Big A red-shirted this year and didn’t win any big tournaments, I wanted … Continue reading
That’s not what I planned
Big A called me today. We both went online and he registered to get his USA Wrestling card. During the process, we got some bad news… He cannot compete in the Junior division. It seems that there is an additional … Continue reading
Same situation, different year
The longer I thought about it, the less satisfied I was with my discussion with the Drexel wrestling coach. Last year, he said that had had no more money left in his recruiting budget for incoming high school seniors. Since … Continue reading
Why did I call her?
I am too far behind…I’m not even going to try to “catch up” so… We are now officially looking for a house… I called the realtor who helped us back in September of 2008. I did so a little reluctantly… Why … Continue reading
Are you…?
Two years and one week ago, I left Los Angeles and moved to Kansas City. We only knew one family here and even they aren’t really all that close to us. So, I really expected to have to start over in … Continue reading
I threw him a curve
Since tonight was his last night in Kansas, I called my son early in the day to go out to dinner together. I wanted to have a fatherly talk with him. The evening got off to a pretty rough start. When … Continue reading
Spring has sprung
We visited our oldest daughter’s church in Dallas for the first time last night. The assistant pastor opened the service by noting that today was the first day of spring. As he was speaking, it was snowing! …nearly horizontally!! …in Dallas, … Continue reading
That is a lot of water!
It’s been awhile… But, what would you rather do…write a blog post or spend time with my wife? Wait…that didn’t quite come our right… I meant to say, if you were me, what would you rather do? I chose to spend … Continue reading
Me…a songwriter???
I told you in an earlier post that Cakes was invited to sing at the upcoming graduation ceremony. It turns out that she has been invited to audition in the first week of April. A few months ago, I heard her … Continue reading
